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Aims & Scope


New Space is the only international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to academic, industry, and government contributions to space entrepreneurship and innovation. Featuring world-class content that covers innovative and expanding applications at the intersection of space science, engineering, policy, and business, the Journal encourages the growth of rapidly expanding enterprises and products that will advance knowledge, benefit society and improve the way we live. New Space is the forum in which innovative applications of new space-based technologies and initiatives will be discovered, identified, discussed, and applied.

New Space coverage includes:

  • Leading-edge research in all engineering and technology disciplines supporting private/public space endeavors, including:
       - Commercial cargo and crew services
       - Space tourism
       - Colonization
       - Deep space research
        - Asteroid mining
  • Policy and regulations
  • Mission concepts and business cases
  • Novel technologies enabling new space, such as:
      - Propulsion
      - Materials
      - Vehicle design
  • Spaceflight participant biomedical issues
  • Space traffic management and operations

Audience: Private space research labs; Government space agencies and labs; University space research centers; Manufacturers of space vehicles; Propulsion systems manufacturers; Space technologists; Space engineers; Astrophysicists; Computer scientists; Communication technology developers; Biomedical technology developers; among others

Indexing/Abstracting:

  • Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index™ (ESCI)
  • Scopus
  • Astrophysics Data System
The views, opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations set forth in any Journal article are solely those of the authors of those articles and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy or position of the Journal, its Publisher, its editorial staff or any affiliated Societies and should not be attributed to any of them.

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Upcoming Events

Jun 24 - Jun 27, 2024